Primitive Deadfall Trap

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coote

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I chanced upon this interesting video of bird traps used in France. The purpose of this video seems to be to alert people to the destruction of birds..... but it shows clearly how these traps work. The mechanism can be seen clearly at about 0:26

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBX3lWMmRc8&feature=related

Naturally I wouldn't encourage anybody to set these traps and leave them baited and unattended unless you need the food they may provide. They may even be illegal in some places.

Best wishes... Coote.
 
I've done similar tricks when I was a kid.
Birds caught with this trick have not much part to eat, though.
Great tit weighs only fourteen grams in spite of it's awesome name.
Sometimes trapping cannot choose to catch.
 
Did you get the background music? It's like they want you to feel sorry for those crushed "tiny chickens"!
I say good workin' traps! :)
 
ya just gotta love some of the comments....

"LaurenMinutes: "k wuts the point of this trap? Doesnt feed anyone..."duhhh, Ima go crush birdy today duuuhh im stoopid duuuh ima make all birdies endangered cause I like-like rocks falling on top of birdies" i mean wtf? I love birds, if i wanted one, id make one with a hole so it gets trapped inside alive instead of crushed -_"
 
I agree it;s a nice mechanism.. similar to the trigger on Picts' Arapuca..
I have eaten by virtue of primitive trap, bow' gun, sling and hook, so I'm no bleeding heart.
However killing songbirds... is wastefull and travesty towards the flow of nature...
No harm in catching for food or fur, that's the way of the world... But there is not much meat on a song bird so yes I do feel bad for the little chickens, sounds like school boy antics on a massive scale.. and yes I have eaten song birds..... there is about a boogers worth of meat on there..Most survival guides don;t even condone catchin them as the nutritional value is not worth the energy expenditure required to fashiopn a trap.
 
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I'm not sure I get the point of this - is it just for fun, or is there a purpose? Are they gathering the feathers for some traditional craft, or eating the tiny bit of meat on the birds?

I have no problem with trapping, and no problem with killing animals, but I'm failing to see the point here - and if the traps are indiscriminately killing endangered or protected birds frequently, I'd say I have a problem with it.

Really curious to know more about this practice, though, which is presented as if it's a common, long standing tradition.


I've heard of setting these sorts of traps for emergency food gathering, and I'm all for that - but this seems kind of pointless.
 
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